ARE EUROPEANS ABANDONED TO POPULISM? - By Dominique Reynié 2024

© Fondation pour l’innovation politique – June 2024 In this study, we compare the results from each of The countries that formerly belonged to the the 28 surveyed countries with the European average, Eastern bloc (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, the average of the six founding countries of the Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and European Union, the average of the former Eastern Slov. [...] to demonstrate in the streets, to challenge” to be Similarly, 38% of respondents in former Eastern bloc important for the proper functioning of democratic countries cite the invasion of Ukraine as a problem regimes; the same goes for freedom of the press influencing their choice of vote in the June 2024 (88%) and “being able to vote for the candidates of European elections, compared with a Europea. [...] • Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats • Identity and Democracy (ID): the sixth-largest in the European Parliament (S&D): the second group in the European Parliament during the 2019-2024 largest group in the European Parliament during legislature (8% of MEPs), ID is the most right-wing the 2019-2024 legislature (20% of MEPs), S&D is group on the political spectrum. [...] • The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL: • Renew Europe (RE) : The third-largest group in the the seventh largest group in the European Parliament European Parliament during the 2019-2024 legislature during the 2019-2024 legislature (5% of MEPs), bringing (14% of MEPs), Renew Europe is positioned at the together left-wing and far-left parties, including some center of the political spectru. [...] The vast represented in the European Parliament by the group majority of Italians (70%) are in favor of the European of the same name.